Slow Download Speeds?

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I have just spent 20 mins on the phone to Sky &quot;in India&quot; getting NO where... but want ...

Re: Slow Download Speeds?

Originally Posted by djbirty

If it isnt too difficult to explain how does that work???

Do you want the technical answer or the simple?

In simple terms think of your connection to the internet as a series of pipes. The speed that data can flow is limited by the size of the smallest pipe. Windows often sets up a pipe size which is too small for a high speed ADSL connection so this forms a bottleneck. TCPOptimizer makes the Windows pipe the right size. No more bottleneck.

In technical terms ...... well, it would be easier to point you at the appropriate reading. Or you could Google the following terms: MTU, RWIN/TCP receive window.